Let Me Stay The Night

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

do with Miranda’s and

tail trodden on, Macy leaped to her feet and clawed madly at Christina’s chest. “Watch your mouth, Christina!” she yelled in

you how Miranda

Macy’s eyes. She quickly suppressed it, clutching the checks in her hand as she did so. “Though I am in

deal

to leave, but Christina’s voice, dripping with temptation, sounded in her ear.

you here. For all your consideration for her, she does not care whether you live or die. All you have to do to get a million on the spot is just loosen your tongue. Are you sure you don’t

to?”

feet felt like lead. She could not take a step.

is the lifeline that can drag me out of this mess. She is right. The two people I care most about in the world have left me to

turned away from the snare and left without so much as a backward glance.

away the check. “Are you sure we’re

“Don’t worry. She’ll be back. There is no such thing as a last

words. “I know what to do, Mrs.

with Nathaniel on the phone for

hundred thousand she had taken earlier that day. More importantly, her debt.

casino left Macy with no chance of escape. Before she could do so, he captured her

a lapse of vigilance and allowed

went according to

either. After facing numerous rejections and ridicule,

police suddenly turned up and all but forced them back to the precinct

at most, only provided Nigel with ideas. Without evidence, the

as lucky. As the once omnipotent figure of Gibson Corporation, he had plenty of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of the myriad

to eliminate the obstacle and align himself with the Stone family, but Nigel was indispensable. Thus, when the following day broke, Yerek went to Gibson Corporation with a stack of

three hours